Acts 13:22

New Living Translation

But God removed Saul and replaced him with David, a man about whom God said, ‘I have found David son of Jesse, a man after my own heart. He will do everything I want him to do.’

Cross References

2 Samuel 2:4

Then the men of Judah came to David and anointed him king over the people of Judah. When David heard that the men of Jabesh-gilead had buried Saul,

2 Samuel 7:15

But my favor will not be taken from him as I took it from Saul, whom I removed from your sight.

2 Samuel 7:8

“Now go and say to my servant David, ‘This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies has declared: I took you from tending sheep in the pasture and selected you to be the leader of my people Israel.

1 Kings 15:3

He committed the same sins as his father before him, and he was not faithful to the Lord his God, as his ancestor David had been.

1 Kings 15:5

For David had done what was pleasing in the Lord’s sight and had obeyed the Lord’s commands throughout his life, except in the affair concerning Uriah the Hittite.

1 Chronicles 10:13

So Saul died because he was unfaithful to the Lord. He failed to obey the Lord’s command, and he even consulted a medium

1 Chronicles 2:12

Boaz was the father of Obed. Obed was the father of Jesse.

Psalm 2:6

For the Lord declares, “I have placed my chosen king on the throne in Jerusalem, on my holy mountain.”

Jeremiah 33:21

only then will my covenant with my servant David be broken. Only then will he no longer have a descendant to reign on his throne. The same is true for my covenant with the Levitical priests who minister before me.

Jeremiah 33:26

I will never abandon the descendants of Jacob or David, my servant, or change the plan that David’s descendants will rule the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Instead, I will restore them to their land and have mercy on them.”

Ezekiel 34:23

And I will set over them one shepherd, my servant David. He will feed them and be a shepherd to them.

Hosea 3:5

But afterward the people will return and devote themselves to the Lord their God and to David’s descendant, their king. In the last days, they will tremble in awe of the Lord and of his goodness.

Acts 13:36

This is not a reference to David, for after David had done the will of God in his own generation, he died and was buried with his ancestors, and his body decayed.

Acts 15:8

God knows people’s hearts, and he confirmed that he accepts Gentiles by giving them the Holy Spirit, just as he did to us.

Acts 7:46

“David found favor with God and asked for the privilege of building a permanent Temple for the God of Jacob.

1 Samuel 12:25

But if you continue to sin, you and your king will be swept away.”

1 Samuel 15:11

“I am sorry that I ever made Saul king, for he has not been loyal to me and has refused to obey my command.” Samuel was so deeply moved when he heard this that he cried out to the Lord all night.

1 Samuel 15:23

Rebellion is as sinful as witchcraft, and stubbornness as bad as worshiping idols. So because you have rejected the command of the Lord, he has rejected you as king.”

1 Samuel 15:26

But Samuel replied, “I will not go back with you! Since you have rejected the Lord’s command, he has rejected you as king of Israel.”

1 Samuel 15:28

And Samuel said to him, “The Lord has torn the kingdom of Israel from you today and has given it to someone else—one who is better than you.

1 Samuel 16:1

Now the Lord said to Samuel, “You have mourned long enough for Saul. I have rejected him as king of Israel, so fill your flask with olive oil and go to Bethlehem. Find a man named Jesse who lives there, for I have selected one of his sons to be my king.”

1 Samuel 16:13

So as David stood there among his brothers, Samuel took the flask of olive oil he had brought and anointed David with the oil. And the Spirit of the Lord came powerfully upon David from that day on. Then Samuel returned to Ramah.

1 Samuel 28:16

But Samuel replied, “Why ask me, since the Lord has left you and has become your enemy?

1 Samuel 31:6

So Saul, his three sons, his armor bearer, and his troops all died together that same day.